Ministry of Justice

Liverpool Prison

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice,  what recent assessment he has made of the condition of cells in HMP Liverpool; and how many of those cells have no working electricity.

Rory Stewart: Immediately following the HMIP Inspection, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service took urgent action to respond to the issues raised. A condition survey was completed in October 2017, in which every cell was surveyed. As a result, 15 of the resulting cells were identified as not having adequate working electricity and necessary action was taken. A daily cell checking procedure has been introduced by the new Governor, and a full review of all cell accommodation at the prison is underway which will inform investment plans for refurbishment at the prison.

Sexual Offences

Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders who have breached the terms of their licence have been (a) recalled and (b) not recalled to prison in each of the last five years.

Rory Stewart: The number of convicted sex offenders who have been recalled to prison following breach of licence in the last five years:20122013201420152016697696725872934 We do not hold information centrally about the number of sex offenders in the community who may have breached their licence conditions and are not recalled to custody. To extract this data, would require a review of each separate case file to identify convicted sex offenders and then track their progress on licence. Public protection is our top priority. Sex offenders on licence are subject to ongoing robust risk assessment and to strict licence conditions to manage that risk. They are supervised under statutory Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA); under MAPPA the Police and Probation services are required to work together to manage the risks of known sexual offenders. Any offender who fails to comply with his licence conditions can be immediately returned to prison.

House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: WiFi

Dr David Drew: To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the Commission has to improve the (a) availability and (b) speed of Wi-Fi provision on the Parliamentary estate; and if he will make a statement.

Tom Brake: The Digital Service is delivering a major investment programme for Parliament’s network; this is addressing issues around speed, resilience and most importantly security when accessing internet based services. As part of this programme, improvements to Wi-Fi availability are being rolled out across the estate by installing additional Wi-Fi access points. Members' areas have been prioritised, with some already completed and the rest (mainly Portcullis House and Palace of Westminster) will be completed by the end of June 2018.Further targeted improvements across the estate, forming part of the infrastructure transformation programme, are being scoped including Wi-Fi optimisation and efficiencies. These improvements are scheduled to conclude by February 2019.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Carbon Emissions

Dr David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the legal limit is for emissions of (a) PM 0.1 and (b) PM 1 particles; and what guidance his Department has issued on those emissions.

Dr Thérèse Coffey: There is no legal limit for PM0.1 and PM 1 particles, However, new Euro standards for diesel vehicles limit emissions for both the total particle mass as well as the number of particles emitted per kilometre. Particle number is a common measurement technique for assessment of smaller sized particles such as PM0.1 and PM1. In addition, our National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) provides estimates of emissions from a wide range of man-made sources and includes estimates of PM0.1, PM1 as well as PM2.5 and PM10. The NAEI is updated on an annual basis and is publically available at: http://naei.beis.gov.uk/